Qantas Emergency Return KSFO, Explosion in Engine?

[lomapaseo]

Interesting. This article on the QF A380 Trent failure seems to confirm my speculation about the QF 747/RB211 failure. The two seem closely related.

I would hesitate to draw conclusive parallels between this thread subject (B747 with RB211 engine) and the speculative article above about an A380 with a Trent engine.

While I might agree with you about what likely happened on the RB211, the only similarity that fits with the Trent incident is the Rotor location.

Of course we could debate things like this in the more general Tech forum